Gallery forest in Brazil. Courtesy of Mongabay.com. The gallery forests is a forest formation associated with courses of rivers, wetlands, or other sources of permanent water. Gallery forests occur in areas that do not support forest or support only scrub, grasslands, with scattered trees. The Gallery forest occurs along permanent or semi-permanent sources due to the availability […]
Semi-humind montane scrub in an inter-Andean valley in central Peru. Semi-Humid and Humid Montane Scrub The Semi-humid and humid montane scrub are zones of moist dense shrub and scrub. These habitat types are generally found at elevations of 2900-3000 meters, particularly in moist inter-montane valleys and extend up to the puna grasslands. Semi-humid montane scrub with patches
Arid montane scrub in the high Andes. Arid Montane Scrub The arid montane scrub is structurally similar to the arid lowlad scrub. This habitat type supports a variety of plant communities including shrubby vegetation, scrub, scattered small trees, and cacti. Arid montane scrub occurs throughout Tropical America including the Andean mountains at elevations ranging between
White sand forest in Brazil. Photo: Courtesy of Mongabay.com White Sand Forest The white sand forest is patchily distributed in Tropical South America. The appearance of white sand forest varies from stands of scrub and shrubs with bare patches of sand to forest structurally similar to the forest that surrounds patches of white sand forest. Typical
Pine-Oak forest where oaks are a dominant species of tree. Photo: Jon Anderson/Flickr Pine-Oak Forest The Pine-Oak forest is found in the mountains of Northern Mexico through Nicaragua mainly at elevations ranging between 900-2800 meters. Throughout its range, this forest ecosystem is composed of a mix of oak and pine with oak species replacing each
Pine forest in Mexico. Photo: Davin Baron/Flickr. Pine Forest The pine forest is found largely in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala. To a lesser extent, pine forests also extend to Nicaragua, but not continuously but in isolated patches. The pine forest is also a dominant forest type on some islands in the Bahamas, Cuba,
Southern temperate forest dominated by Araucaria spp. in southeastern Brazil. Photo: Jason Hollinger/Wikipedia. Southern Temperate Forest The Southern temperate forest is a woodland formation dominated by Araucaria spp. This forest type once covered large areas of eastern Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina in Brazil, above 900 meters. The southern temperate forest has
Tropical deciduous forest during the dry season in Piura-Peru. Definition: Tropical deciduous forests occur in regions with heavy rainfall for part of the year followed by a marked dry season. These forest formations are dense and lush during the wet summers, but become a dry landscape during the dry winters when most trees shed their
Patches of Elfin Forest surrounded by shrubs and grasses. Definition: The Elfin forest or stunted forest is a short gnarled forest of generally 1 -10 meters (3-30 feet) of height. It generally shows a single story or layer with a dense and nearly impenetrable tangle of trees and shrubs. The canopy is compact, and depending
